Social Security Payments Rise On The Shore
Social Security payments totaling 265152.00 went to 7943 people on the Shore in December 1952, per Norman P. Foster, Salisbury field office manager. The 7 percent rise over 1951 reflects age group patterns, with 4791 aged 65 plus receiving 186317.00, an average 38.00. Other groups include 485 widows and dependents, 1062 wives and dependent husbands, and 48 aged dependent parents. Monthly checks also went to 1551 mothers and children, including 251 mothers and 1306 children. Changes from 1950 and 1952 amendments boosted eligibility and benefit levels, while 1952 rules allow retirement with earnings up to 75. Nationwide, December payments totaled 205178965.00 to 5025549 people. Funding comes from payroll taxes. employer and employee each at 1.12 and self-employed at .24, with future increases slated for 1954.
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Norman P. Foster
Salisbury
Foster
Junior Auxiliary To Hold Dance At Easton Memorial Hospital
The Junior Auxiliary of Easton Memorial Hospital hosts a May 22 gala at the Tidewater Inn with a formal dinner and 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. dance by Rivers Chambers Orchestra. 100 couples, tickets $7.50, sales May 5–12 to members, then to the public. ticket info from Mrs. Barclay Trippe Jr. plus a long list of organizers and Civil Defense remarks.
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Easton Memorial Hospital
Tidewater Inn
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Barclay Trippe, Jr
Aston
Easton
Richard Nugent
Gordon Harris
John Todd
Paul Day
Charles Crouch
Harvey Jarboe
Lee Noble
Roger Medford
Federalsburg
Robert W. Downes
Denton
EF. B. Nutt
Civil Defense
Talbot County
Flo
General Williams
Nutt
Davis Kirby, Jr
John Hunter
Albert Hearn
Nurses Aid Group
James Stewart
Sheer Runproofs With Surprise Heel
Belle-Shar meer unveils runproof stockings that rival dress-up sheets in beauty and sheer 15 denier smoothness. The heel is knit like a regular sheer stocking and sized to fit individual leg dimensions to prevent slipping or wrinkling. Leg-size stockings offer different widths and lengths with no binding, fitting like a second skin.
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Belle-Sharmeer
New Guinea Uses Python Flesh for Food and Drums
In New Guinea the flesh of pythons is used for food and their skins for drumheads. The text adds a proverb about coin handling: the best way to single coins in your pocket is to shake a leg.
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New Guinea
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